f0thFARM STATION ITEMS.The Farm Station Farmers' Club met at3Ir. Barrett's February 6th with eighteenmembers present. Several were unable toattend on account of sickness in the family,vtu. Henry Martin was a new member whojoined us at this meeting. We had a veryexcellent session which lasted until 4 :30.Many important subjects were thoroughlydiscussed. Four of the members are planning to construct new and better buildingsthis year, and tht Club members voted togive each a day's work hauling in logs beforethe snow goes.Twenty shares at four dollars per sharefor a shingle machine was discussed. Thelea and down cedar logs from a nearby.cedar swamp could be utilized in making theshingles and the Avork of making the shintiles could be done during the two or threewet months of spring at which time nothing could be done toward farming. If theMngl machine proposition is put throughA\C think that it A A ill be a good thing tokeep our folks busy and more cheerfulduring' that discouraging time. The newhomes to be built will then have good substantial shingle roofs instead of thosemade from tar paper, which have tobe replaced in a few months time and are(litrefoi-e unsatisfactory.The next meeting will ho held at Louis(rurneau's place Saturday February 20th.All members are urgenth requested to attend- and others in this district should comet.nd join.Ask Jos. Frogg what he thinks of thei a-mei-s' Club. Frogg is all righthe ist'jc fust to arrive on meetn.g day.imes Xeddeau has been on the sick listloi some time past, but is improving now.fVter ^eedeau is getting out posts fromjhe dead and down cedar UMU* here.Solomon Blue made a U'ij. to Red Lak3t!i.on hearing that his pension moneyluul arrived.Way John and others in his vacinity aregetting out dead and dov logs and poststor sale this winter.Dr. Culp made a trip to Jos. Roberts'place on the 8th. On his win back hestopped over night at the Farm Station and'returned to Red Lake early the next morning-Mrs. Frank Urmi, Mrs. Joseph Omen, andMrs. Louis (lurneau Aisited at Red Lake the8th, 9th, and 10th.A crew fired up the engine and sawedwood here the 10th.Louis (iiinreaifs father came down for aload of hay the 10th, stopping over nightitli Louis.E. R. Lee was called siway on business forseveral days recently.Ah-ke-^ain-zee is visiting Joseph Omen.He is \ery much in favor of our Fanners'club and talks ot joining. We hope thathe will.The neighbors gave Louis Carl a day'*work hauling in his barn logs, Siiturdsn the13th.Louis Gurneau hauled in a couple of loadsof uood the 10th for an old man on the lakeroad ho had no team.THE HOME PROBLEM OF THEIXMA V.Education in the Indian home is almostuniversally lacking The vast amount ofeducation'which white children receive intheir homesa great mam of them culturedand Christian homes, here, between theaues of ten and fourteen, children read bookafter book on travel, biography, and currenteventsgoes to make up for deficiencies inthe public schools. The Indian youth goback from school into homes that havedominant interests altogether different fromthose he has been taught at school. I haveseen many a young man and woman bravelystruggle to change home conditions in orderto bring them into keeping with their training, and they have at last gone down! Thefather and the mother have never been accustomed, in the modern sense, to a competitive form of existence. The father hasno trade or,vocation. The value of a dollar, of time of labor, is unknown in thathome. The parents have not enough insightinto educational values to appreciate theboy's achievements and to inspire him further. What is to be done under such circumstances? In many cases the youth findshimself face to face with a shattered home.Bad marriage conditions, the very core ofhis social problems, stare him in the face.Many a young man and woman realizingthese home conditions, have gone away toestablish homes of their own. As soon asthe thrifty Indian accumulates a little property his relative and tribsmen, in keepingwith the old custom of communal ownershipof property, come and live at his expense.There was virtual communal ownership ofproperty in the old days under the unwrittenlaws of hospitality but the omission, inthese days, of that corresponding equal distribution of labor plays havoc with thehomes of young Indians.Henry Roe Glovdin the Southern Workman.CiRLISLE INDIAN PUPILS AT THEFORD MOTOR WORKS.In the February number of "Ford Times,"the publication of the Ford Motor Works,is a picture of six young men students fromthe Carlisle Indian School who aiweda+theFord Plant the second week in January totake a full course through 'the machineshops, chassis and motor departments ofthe Ford Motor Company as a part of theirvocational training. 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